Progress Rail Services Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I worked for EMD since 2005. They were a large manufacture of Locomotive equipment. The company was very strong, and was bought out by Progress Rail, div. of Caterpillar. The decided to move the company to North Carolina. They do not have their own maintenance dept.. I left them in June of 2020."

"The company has the facility that anyone can experience. It climate control and clean. The company has been a mom and pop business model so long that guidance is needed to step forward into 31 century process and organized manufacturing principles. You have opportunities for growth and cost opportunities and still use reactivate responsibility in stead of proactive leadership.and business management experience. We’re losing momentum and doing things twice which cost and profits will suffer. No one is watching the process nor have the authority to do what is different and effectively implement or improve. Communication isn’t used by everyone. Training doesn’t exist. Cross training and support is lacking. Too heavy in management and not enough knowledge about our kind of work to experience total positive experience needed to improve our business and creating quality of work and work life experience."

"very nice people and a place i can recommend people to work"

"I worked for Progress Rail for 1 year and 8 months, before being downsized due to Covid-19. I sold vegetation management equipment to contractors who worked with utility companies. The products were the best in the industry and the people were awesome. Our chief competitor on the utility side was Jarraff Industries. Progress Rail's core business customers are, as the name suggests, railroad companies. We were owned by Caterpillar, and were able to garner some competitive advantages against the competition, by using their parts and service. Progress Rail is headquartered out of Albertville AL."

"Progress rail has trained me in my current position and allowed me to expand my job experience."

"The company as a whole is a good place to work. The downside is they are not open to change and to improve on the way things are done. The people who have worked there all of their careers are not open to any suggestions on any changes that will benefit the company and improve production."

"I've worked for Progress Rail since 2011. It's been a challenging and rewarding position working in the engineering and track services department. The railroad industry is completely unique and requires a lot of training that can only be done on the job, which has the ability to allow for growth."

"My job is amazing they allow me to learn everything and are open to me helping out. I did a complete fixed asset depreciation schedule for all there fixed asset and they were so impressed to put me in at senior analyst so I can work on all their material and they put their trust in me to work with everyone and allowed me to take point on setting all standards for material. I was given my options learn and do more work that only people with more years were allowed to have. I only look for a new position to hep my family out. Medical problems and health issue caused me to try to look for a next step in position so I can better provide for my family."

"Great company to work for."

"I've worked for Progress Rail under their locomotive services as a technical coordinator for 1.5 years. at the lowest levels the job is fantastic but the mid-level management is severely misguided and incompetent. The Work is easy and simple and requires a lot of high level thought for data analysis. My immediate supervisor is fantastic."

"Good company and great benefits"

"Progress Rail is a business that is more like a family,my boss is a great man.The guys I work with have showed me in a short time that they are a team and the owners of the company are very professional, but are like family as well! It's is a difficult decision to leave ,but I have to secure a job with a higher financial security for my families future!"

"Working for ProgressRail for close to 10 years I can definitely say they are a fantastic company to work for. The CEO/VP/Management are all easy to get along with and take recommendations seriously.I would like to see a better compensation package. Just because we are based in rural Alabama doesn't necessarily mean that we shouldn't get paid for our talents the same as our partner, EMD."

"Employed to transition the smaller company into the larger corporation"

What do you like about working at Progress Rail Services?

"Part of Caterpillar, we were provided with a secure position."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure to get a commitment for salary and benefits, as there is no set pattern for advancement and pay increases."

What don't you like about working at Progress Rail Services?

"The small company which was incorporated into Progress Rail was used for only 5 years until they could strip off everything they wanted, then the rest was discarded. Employees were not encouraged nor hardly allowed to move into other more secure positions as they became available."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Local management should be encouraged to develop and advance employees as the company changes."